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German Shepherd Dog puppies

German Shepherd Dog puppies and litters from UK breeders, with the parents’ health tests and licence details.

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Advertise German Shepherd Dog puppies for sale

Have a German Shepherd Dog litter due or ready? Advertise it here with the mother's details, health test results and your licence number, and link it to your free breeder profile.

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Is it free to advertise here?

Yes. A breeder profile and your litter and stud dog adverts are free. Premium profiles, featured placement and sponsored articles are optional paid extras; see pricing.

Do I need a licence to advertise puppies?

In England you need a dog breeding licence from your council if you breed three or more litters in 12 months or breed and sell dogs as a business, and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own schemes. Licensed breeders show their licence number and issuing council on every advert. Puppies must be at least eight weeks old before they go to new homes.

Is my listing already here?

We add licensed breeders from councils' public registers. Search for your kennel name; if it is listed you can claim it and edit everything.

Buying a German Shepherd Dog puppy

This page lists UK breeders on caninebreeder.co.uk with German Shepherd Dog puppies for sale or litters on the way. Listings reflect what each breeder has told us, so treat them as a starting point and check the facts yourself. Before paying a deposit, look up both parents' hip scores, elbow grades, DM results and eye results on the RKC Health Test Results Finder. Decide early whether you want a standard or long coat. Leave colour until last: the RKC records blue, liver and white among the breed's non-breed-standard colours, and the breed sits in Colour Watch Category 3. Budget your time for a large dog that the RKC says needs upwards of two hours' daily exercise and grooming more often than weekly, with a lifespan it puts at over 10 years. See the mother with her litter and do not take a puppy home before eight weeks. Read our buyer safety guide or browse Pastoral group breeders.

Health tests to ask about

Hip and elbow dysplasia are the main screening priorities. The RKC lists X-rays under the BVA/KC hip and elbow schemes as Good Practice, the minimum it strongly recommends before breeding, and names the German Shepherd Dog among the breeds most commonly at risk of both conditions. Dogs must be at least a year old when X-rayed. Each hip is scored from 0 to 53, giving a total of 0 to 106 where lower is better, and totals can be compared with the breed median; elbows are graded 0 to 3, and the BVA's Canine Health Schemes recommend breeding only from dogs graded 0.

Best Practice adds an eye examination and a DNA test for degenerative myelopathy (DM), a progressive spinal cord disease that usually starts when a dog is 7 to 14 years old, first showing as poor coordination in the hind legs. The DM test measures risk rather than giving a definite result. The RKC also points breeders to a breed club health scheme, and sells a breed DNA package covering DM, MDR1 and a DNA profile.

The breed has been in Breed Watch Category 2 since 1 September 2025. Judges are asked to watch for incorrect hind conformation or poor rear movement, and for nervous temperament. No test can guarantee a puppy's future health.

More for German Shepherd Dog owners and breeders

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